Unexpected differences between males and females in fossil mouse deer

Mouse deer are among the smallest ruminants in the world. Today, they live in the tropics…

COVID-19 poo test for bats may help pandemic monitoring and conservation efforts

A SARS-CoV-2 test for bats using fecal samples could boost understanding of how wild animals transmit…

New mechanism for regulating supply of DNA building blocks for better antibiotics

In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from Stockholm University show for the first…

Previously unknown crocodile species lived in Asia 39 million years ago

Researchers from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment at the University of Tübingen have…

Ceres probably formed farther out in the solar system and migrated inward

When Sicilian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi spotted Ceres in 1801, he thought it was a planet. Astronomers…

Climate change is killing trees in Queensland's tropical rainforests

In recent years, the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast has seen multiple events of…

The small things make a big difference in the science of measurement

Scientists must make ever more sophisticated measurements as technology shrinks to the nanoscale and we face…

How can Indonesia improve the REDD+ project to stop deforestation?

Indonesia is home to the world’s third-largest tropical forest area and since 2009 has operated a…

NASA, Partners Offer Global View of Environmental Changes

NASA, Partners Offer Global View of Environmental Changes Click here for original story, NASA,…

How ice clouds develop: Asian monsoon influences large parts of the Northern Hemisphere

Atmospheric researchers have discovered a mechanism that allows nuclei for ice clouds to form and rapidly…